Seating and controlling attachments for barber chairs



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EATNG AND C-ENTRGLUNG ATTACHMENTS 50R BARBER CHAIRS Pinclmey C. Hicks, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application August 25, 1954, Serial No. 452,105

2 Claims. (Cl. 155-81) This invention relates to improvements in barber chairs, the same including, among other features, seating and controlling facilities for a barber. Among the objects of the invention are the provision of a comfortable barber seat with a backrest and of a controlling rack for the feet of a barber who is seated on said seat. These features are capable of being corporatively connected to conventional barber chairs and places but little weight on the chair.

By the use of my invention, a barber is materially aided in assuming the most convenient and advantageous operating positions as may be necessary for him to ply his trade most effectively upon the occupant of a barber chair. My improvements solve and overcome many objectionable tendencies of presently available attachments by providing new and improved facilities for the barber by which the seat on which the barber is seated or the chair in which his customer is seated may be rotated easily, and quietly by the barbers feet on the controlling rack to place him or the customer in any desired relative position. the hands of the barber for cutting and trimming of the customers hair and for other barbering manipulations. Accordingly, the barber sits comfortably with a back support the same height and distance from the customer as if standing, providing the barber seat, back rest and controlling rack are set accordingly.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Fig. l is a perspective assembly view showing my improved seating and controlling attachments as applied to a conventional barber chair.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing portions of a barber chair pertinent to the present improvements together with portions of the present attachments.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a radial frame constituting part of the present improvements, showing the manner of its connection to the means shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an underside perspective view of a barber seat carried by the radial frame of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a controlling rack and the manner of its connection to the seat frame of a barber chair.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a connecting bracket (shown in Fig. 5) and operatively related parts.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the controlling rack and including parts of the pedestal of the barber chair.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings, B indicates a barber seat, C a radial frame, D a controlling rack, and A a barber chair of usual construction, the latter having a pedestal 8 in which a cylinder 9 is secured. A vertical hydraulic stem 10 is operatively engaged in the socket 11 of said cylinder 9 and, in any conventional manner, said stern 1t revolves or is raised, lowered, locked or released by an operating handle 12 or the like. A seat frame 13 is connected to the stem 10 which is hydraulically operated. Connecting brackets 14 are secured to the seat frame 13 as by bolt and nut This mode of operation frees ice 2 assembly 15. The brackets 14 secure and permit downwardly directed arms 16, that hold the lower footrcst 17, to operate. The latter is provided with arms 18 to which an upper footrest 19 is secured.

In Fig. 2, the vertical hydraulic stem 10 is raised out of the socket 11 which is normally within the cylinder 9, and a roller bearing 20 and cup 21 are placed around said stem 19 and on top of the cylinder 9. Said stem it? extends through said roller bearing 20 and cup 21 and into socket 11. A split clamping collar 22 having ears 23 and holes 24, encircles the cup 21 and a pair of downwardly directed hanger arms 25 having upper holes 26, are secured in diametrically opposite positions, to said cup 21 as by a bolt and nut assembly 27. Said hanger arms 25 have a plurality of holes 28 along their lower ends. The cup 21 acts as a concentric guide, relative to roller bearing 20, for the radial frame C and the barber seat B, as best shown in Fig. 1. The vertical hydraulic stem It) raises, lowers, revolves and/ or is locked in the usual manner, as explained in the patent to L. A. Carter, No. 1,770,197, dated July 8, 1930, through the roller bearing 20 and the cup 21.

in Fig. 3 is shown a pair of parallel threaded connecting end members 29 which are passed through selected holes 28 at the height desired and, when the barber seat B is adjusted to the proper distance inward or outward to the barber chair A, said members 29 are secured by nuts 30. The outwardly directed ends of said parallel and threaded connecting end members 29 extend from a tubular part 31, the same continuing to form parallel arm supports 32. Each tubular part 31 has a downwardly offset portion 33 which then extend outwardly parallel toward radially offset portions 34. Axles 35 are mounted to the portions 34, the same being provided with rubber-tired, ball-bearing wheels 36 that track on the floor. A vertical supporting tube 39 is offset inwardly from the axles 35 and is secured in a central position between radially ofiset portions 34 of arms 32, by mounting rods 37 and braces 38. Inward parts of the braces 38 are tied together by a rod 40. This forms the radial frame C that is detailed in said Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4, the seat-supporting staff 41 is normally engaged in the supporting tube 39 and may be secured at a suitable height by a clamp collar 42 placed around said staff 41. A metal plate 43 is secured inward on center to the upper end of the supporting stalf 41. Angular braces 44 extend from the staif-41 to the base plate 49, the same diverging from the stafi 41 to the base plate 49 and terminating in outbent seat-engaging ends. Barber seat B has a contour that is formed of a combination series of arcs 45, 46 and 47 together with a major rearward are 48. The form of the seat B is such as to permit the barber to position himself between the seat B and the barber chair A with a minimum of effort. A base plate 49 forms the bottom of the seat B, the same being provided with a plurality of bolts 50 and a bolt 51 extending downwardly therefrom. Metal plate 43 and braces 44 are formed with a plurality of holes 53 through which said bolts 50 and 51 extend, nuts 54 on said bolts 50 secure the assembly. This structure secures the barber seat B which is properly padded and covered, inwardly ofi center from the top of supporting staff 41. This inward ofiset permits the barber seat B to be swung outwardly away from the barber chair A so that the barber may be seated, or turn and reach for tools. Metal plate 43 is provided with an outward, downwardly bent part 55, the same having two holes 56 in which parallel ends 57 of a spring-loop backrest support 58 are passed. A clamp and wing nut assembly 59 secures the ends 57 to the bolt 51 in suitably adjusted relation, inward or outward with respect to the seat B. Outwardly' from 56, the ends 57 form bends 60 from which the spring=loop support :58 extends vertically. At an upper portion of said support 58 there are provided bends 61 that are inwardly offset, vertical portions 62extending from the latter bends 6- 1. This arrangement permits suitable inward adjustment of the'backrest 6,3 that 'is connected to the portions 62 whichprovides vertical adjustment for saidbackrest63 a by a'bolt, clamp and wing nut assembly 64. A loop connects the ends of the parts 62. Desired adjustments for backrest163 to the seat'B is afiorded by the abovedescribed means. 7

InfFigLjS, the controlling rack D has an inner arcuate supporting member 65 and an outer .arcuate supporting member 66," i n.spaced parallelism, and .a plurality of con necting' -radial grate bars 67. ,The inward ends 05 said upper horizontal portionsextending outwardlyand pro-.

vided .withholes 75," are;adjustably secured to the seat frame 13 by a boltand nut assembly 15. The lower horizontaljportions of said brackets 72 are'formed to have slots 73, the same extending inwardly .to receive the threaded connectingen'ds 71 which are adjustably secured by nuts.7.4 at suitable vertical positions. This adjustment permitsthebarberto raise. or lower the controlling rack "D1013. desired height. Thus, the elevated position of .the barbers "feet can 'be set as desired :for-hiscomfort V and so proper circulation in his feet and'legsmay be had.

Atoo low oritoo'high adjustment of the controlling rack .D mayso impair circulation inthe feet and legs as to induce great discomfprt. V

' As shown in Fig. 7, the controlling rack D is concentrically arranged around the pedestal 8 of barber chair.

A, theilocation of'brackets-72 affording suitable adjusting in the mounting of the rack'D on a conventionalbarber chair.

'Fig. fljshowsihow said controlling rack D andits concentric pqsitipnpermits-the hanger arms "25 r to be accommodated andanove'inthe spaceibetween pedestal 8 and the inner supportjng member 65 ofsaid rack *D. The 5 parallel threaded connecting'ends 29 rotate below" the controllingmackll.fBoth'the chair A and the seat B are under full'control o f the'barber while on saidjseat B. He mayirotate the barber chair A when the latter is unloclged or he maylock the barber chair A and move the barber seat' B, onthe wheels 36, around thebarber chain A.

The wheels'36and the springloop backrest 58 are approximately the same distancegoutward from the barber chair A. Also, they extend outwardly about the same distance as the upper footrestl? of the barber chair A. Thus, the present seating and controlling attachments for barber ehairs need no more space to operate in than does the chair VA itself. V

The barber seat B and the radial frame C move in an are 77 of approximately three hundred and thirty-five degrees. Barber chair A moves the same distance throughthe same angle, stopping where inward parts .78 of braces 38 contact the striking part 79 of upwardly directed footrest arms 13 of chair A. Thus, bothbarber seat B and radial frame C may be placed in a 'position'to be completely out of the barbers way on either side of the 'barber chair A, when the barber wishes to stand.

My seating and controlling attachments for barber chairs are secured mostly by welding, after which the parts may be plated for good appearance. May it be understood, hpwever, that I would not like to be limited to this mode of manufacture or to particular materials above mentioned, since different methods may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas defined in the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to obtain'by Letters Patent, is:

1. An attachment-for a chair having a stem rotationally engaged in a pedestal and provided with a release lock which, when released, frees the chair for rotation around the axis of the pedestal, said attachment comprising an anti-frictionbearing around said stem above said pedestal;

a radialbracket connected to said bearing and rotationally movable about the axisof the pedestal independently of the rotational movement of the chair; awheel-supported seat on the outer end of said radial bracket and'adapted V totrack around the chair upon rotational movement of the bracket; [and a. foot-engageable support connected to and rotationally movable with the chair and adapted to be engagedlby the feetof a person on saidjseatjto effect rotational movement of the seat and the person thereon aroundthe chair while the chair'is held stationary by the lock and, up on rele'ase of the chair lock, said footengageable support being adapted to be moved by the feet of a person on the seat to rotationally move the chair and its occupant relative to the person thereon.

2. An attachment according to claim 1 in which the radial bracket is disposed beneath the foot-engageable support, and ,a vertically adjustable connection is provided between the bearing and the radial bracket, said connection being disposed between the pedestal and the :Reierences cited in the file of this patent UNITED. STATES PATENTS. V 7

.Perry Oct. 2, 1928 2,087,932 Zola -July 27., 1937 2,311,566 Newton Feb. 16, 1943 2,578,373 Powell Dec. 11, 1951 seat and to the 

